As noted by a few players and special thanks to Dancing Bear for this note, PLEASE do NOT upgrade your games during the diplomacy phase! Moving from an IGO_UGO/SEQUENTIAL diplomacy to a SIMULTANEOUS diplomacy can cause some issues and force you to utilize a backup!

Marshall could you clarify this for me please. If I do a fresh/new install of the game is 1.08 the only patch I need to install. Or do I need to install some prior patch/s first and then add 1.08 after. I did a fresh install and applied 1.08 and now when the game opens it says its 1.08. Is it going to be ok? Thanks

As a note to players, it appears that you will also need to install 1.07 in addition to 1.06.03 and 1.08.04 (this applies to new players and re-installations by old players. This is valid as an interim step until a "hot fix" is released shortly. You'll need to do a google search to find a version of 1.07.